Abraham Lincoln was chose by Republicans to run for senate against Democrat, Stephen A. Douglas. Douglas attracted large crowds, so Lincoln asked him to do a series of debates, which Douglas confidently accepted and this would help Lincoln to gain crowds of his own. Lincoln found slavery to be morally wrong and strongly opposed it's spread to the West. Douglas was the opposite, he was pro-slavery and supported popular sovereignty. Lincoln would ask Douglas questions that would contradict what his whole campaign was based off of, but Douglas found a way to by pass the question by coming up with the freeport doctrine, which accepted the dred scott ruling, but also allowed popular sovereignty. This pleased Illinios voters, but angered the Southerners. Douglas won the election, but Lincoln became very famous, and people thought of him as a clear and insightful thinker.
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